Professional Protester, Jihadi-style
Update:
Guess what? Islamic Rage Boy has been sighted again on Friday the 22nd of June--The Worldwide DAY OF RAGE (Salman Rushdie Edition). Be sure to check the latest sighting out!
Update again:
This has gotten so popular, that I'm making a game out of spotting Rage Boy. If you run across him in your local newspaper and/or friendly website, be sure to let me know!
Update: Rage Boy hits the BBC. CAIR responds, as they are wont to do.
Major Update: Rage Boy has made it to NPR! I'll have the audio and transcript shortly.
Update: Rage Boy has been published in The Daily Mail (UK). Snapped Shot's reaction and commentary is here.
Big kudos to AMDScooter at P.C. Perspective for pointing this out. I can't believe I missed it!
Today:
A Kashmiri protester shouts pro-freedom and pro-Pakistan slogans during the joint funeral procession of Bilal Ahmed Dar and two rebels in the village of Narwara, some 40 Kilometers (25 miles) southwest of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, June 19, 2007. Thousands of people marched in Indian-controlled Kashmir Tuesday protesting the killing of 17-year-old Bilal Ahmed Dar by government forces, who locals claim had no ties to militant groups. The teen was killed along with two rebels Monday in a gun battle between police and suspected Kashmiri rebels in the village of Chewdara. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Last year:
I dunno, maybe because you're always ragin'?
For the record, the photo in question is a photoshop. The original is a slightly different angle of this photo, from this Snapped Shot classic, which describes last year's violent protest over Pope Benedict XVI's [Ed.: Sorry about that, my Catholic friends. I really am quite dense sometimes...] "caustic" comments:
Members of Muslim League Jammu Kashmir (MLJK) shout slogans during a demonstration in Srinagar, India, Friday, Sept. 15, 2006. Police detained dozen of members of MLJK after they took out a protest demonstration against Pope Benedict XVI for making what it called 'derogatory' comments about Islam, and seeking an apology from him for hurting the sentiments of Muslims. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Great work, Scooter! Be sure to get your ISLAMIC RAGE BOY gear over here! (Background on how he got his name over here as well.)
Update: Just ran into another couple of photos of Rage Boy in the Getty AFP archives. See 'em all beyond the fold!
UPDATE: I am truly humbled to have contributed a small part to a story by hizzoner sir Christopher Hitchens. His is truly a voice of sanity in a world gone batty, even if he is somewhat mistaken (in my most humble opinion) on the question of theism. God Bless, sir!
SRINAGAR, INDIA: An Activist of Indian administered Kashmir's Peoples Poltical Party (PPP) shouts Anti-Israeli slogans in Srinagar, 16 February 2007, during a one day strike. The strike was called by Kashmiri muslim rebel group Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen to protest against what they termed as "The Israeli conspiracy to demolish the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. AFP PHOTO/Irshad KHAN (Photo credit should read IRSHAD KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)
SRINAGAR, INDIA: Activists of Indian administered Kashmir's Peoples Poltical Party (PPP) shout Anti-Israeli slogans in Srinagar, 16 February 2007, during a one day strike. The strike was called by Kashmiri muslim rebel group Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen to protest against what they termed as "The Israeli conspiracy to demolish the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. AFP PHOTO/Irshad KHAN (Photo credit should read IRSHAD KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)
SRINAGAR, INDIA: Activists from The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) shout anti-Indian slogans as they scuffle with policemen during a demonstration in Srinagar,28 September 2006, held to protest against the scheduled execution of a Muslim man convicted of helping mastermind a 2001 attack on the national parliament. Police in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir fired teargas to break up a protest against orders to execute convicted Mohammed Afzal of helping mastermind a December 2001 attack on parliament. The protest came a day after an Indian judge told authorities to hang Afzal, a Kashmiri, 20 October, at New Delhi's Tihar Jail over the attack that brought nuclear-armed India and Pakistan close to war. AFP PHOTO/ Tauseef MUSTAFA (Photo credit should read TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images)
Here is the original angle of our iconic "Rage Boy" shot:
SRINAGAR, INDIA: Indian Kashmiri activists of the pro-Pakistani Muslim League Jammu Kashmir (MLJK) shout slogans against Pope Benedict XVI during a protest in Srinagar 15 September 2006. Pope Benedict XVI's attack on Islam has stirred anger in India with the head of the National Commission for Minorities saying he sounded like a medieval crusader. Pope Benedict provoked worldwide outcry with comments 12 September during a visit to his native Germany in which he talked about the "issue of jihad, holy war" a term used by Islamic extremists to justify acts of terror. AFP PHOTO Sajjad HUSSAIN (Photo credit should read SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/Getty Images)
And check out how tough our "Rage Boy" looks soon thereafter:
SRINAGAR, INDIA: Indian policemen arrest Indian Kashmiri activists of the pro-Pakistani Muslim League Jammu Kashmir (MLJK) as they stage a protest against Pope Benedict XVI in Srinagar 15 September 2006. Pope Benedict XVI's attack on Islam has stirred anger in India with the head of the National Commission for Minorities saying he sounded like a medieval crusader. Pope Benedict provoked worldwide outcry with comments 12 September during a visit to his native Germany in which he talked about the "issue of jihad, holy war" a term used by Islamic extremists to justify acts of terror. AFP PHOTO Sajjad HUSSAIN (Photo credit should read SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/Getty Images)
Even farther back, it seems our Rage Boy had some thoughts on the DANISH CARTOON CRISIS (which was before the epoch of Snapped Shot) as well:
SRINAGAR, INDIA: Kashmiri Muslims hold a Holy Koran as they shout anti-US and anti-Danish slogans during a demonstration in Srinagar, 03 March 2006. Thousand of activists protested against the visit of US President Bush to India and the publication of cartoons depicting The Prophet Mohammed in European papers. Kashmir is in the grip of a 16-year-old insurgency against Indian rule that has left more than 44,000 people dead by official count. Seperatists put the toll twice high. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA (Photo credit should read TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images)
He's got a problem with the proper use of copyright, too:
SRINAGAR, INDIA: Indian policemen arrest a protester during a demonstration in Srinagar 28 February 2006. Hundreds of demonstrators fought with the police in street battles as they were protesting against the publication of a picture showing Islam's holiest shrine, Mecca's Grand Mosque, displayed on a playing card in the leading Indian magazine 'India Today'. AFP PHOTO Sajjad HUSSAIN (Photo credit should read SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/Getty Images)
SRINAGAR, INDIA: Indian Kashmiri Muslim men shout pro-Islam slogans and burn a flag during a demonstration held against the publication of cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammed, in Srinagar 10 February 2006. Dozens of protestors burnt Danish flags as they expressed their anger at the cartoons, first published in a Danish daily in September and since widely reprinted, sparking a wave of Muslim fury. AFP PHOTO Tauseef MUSTAFA (Photo credit should read TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images)
Always in trouble with the law, this silly guy:
SRINAGAR, INDIA: Indian Kashmiri Muslim men shout pro-Islam slogans as Indian policemen keep watch during a demonstration held against the publication of cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammed, in Srinagar 10 February 2006. Dozens of protestors burnt Danish flags as they expressed their anger at the cartoons, first published in a Danish daily in September and since widely reprinted, sparking a wave of Muslim fury. AFP PHOTO Tauseef MUSTAFA (Photo credit should read TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images)
SRINAGAR, INDIA: Indian Kashmiri Muslim men shout pro-Islam slogans as Indian policemen keep watch during a demonstration held against the publication of cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammed, in Srinagar 10 February 2006. Dozens of protestors burnt Danish flags as they expressed their anger at the cartoons, first published in a Danish daily in September and since widely reprinted, sparking a wave of Muslim fury. AFP PHOTO Tauseef MUSTAFA (Photo credit should read TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images)
SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 20: Kashmiri men protest state elections outside the Jama Masjid mosque September 20, 2002 in Indian state of Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar. After the Friday afternoon prayers, anti-Indian Muslim protesters took to the streets to voice their feelings about the elections as police responded with tear gas. The next round of polling takes place September 24. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
Somebody give this guy an Oscar!
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